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On Windsor Gardens, in Central Braintree
What it's like at CM7 9LD: every home that has sold on Windsor Gardens since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Windsor Gardens; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 6 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Windsor GardensDetached | Mar 2025 | £415,000 | 130 m² | £3,192/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7, Windsor GardensDetached | Oct 2025 | £390,000 | 125 m² | £3,120/m² | 1 |
| 8, Windsor GardensDetached | Oct 2012 | £225,000 | 145 m² | £1,552/m² | 1 |
| 12, Windsor GardensDetached | Jan 2022 | £350,000 | 115 m² | £3,043/m² | 3 |
| 14, Windsor GardensDetached | Oct 2017 | £327,500 | 101 m² | £3,243/m² | 2 |
| 16, Windsor GardensDetached | Jun 2013 | £235,000 | 86 m² | £2,733/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Braintree, about a 10-minute walk (950 m), with 631k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Rutland Gardens, 100 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 30); 32 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 63 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Great Bradfords Junior School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 56% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (1.3 km).
The nearest secondary is Alec Hunter Academy, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 45.7 · 6.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's Filling Station, 550 m away, with Tesco Express closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Blyth'S Meadow Surgery (700 m), with Meadows Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Luxe is 800 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Colchester General Hospital, 24 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 61% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 35 restaurants and cafés and 16 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Braintree Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Kavern the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (26 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 130 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 32% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Braintree Town Centre and Bradford Street).
There are 103 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 41% flats and 14% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 163 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Braintree & Bocking Recreation Ground, 250 m away; for exercise, CrossFit (900 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Stansted is 22 km away.
Most households own their home, 33% rent privately.
28 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Braintree constituency: Sir James Cleverly MP (Conservative), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 3,670 (7.5%), turnout 63%. Vote shares: Conservative 36%, Labour 28%, Reform UK 23%, Liberal Democrat 6%.
14 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near CM7 9LD →
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
On this street: 0 of 6 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 1.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 75.6% | 78.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 9.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 23.5% | 9.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.3% | 0.4% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Manningtree Beach, Stour Estuary · about 39 min
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 6 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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